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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Sextet
Cadenza
Soprano
Flat
2. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Hymn
Suite
Octet
Fugue
3. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Motif
Ostinato
Development
Phrase
4. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Neoclassical
Capriccio
Whole note
Tonality
5. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Symphony
Pentatonic Scale
Tablature
Espressivo
6. Unmusical - without tone.
Triad
Tone less
Parody
Madrigal
7. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Classicism
Ornaments
Recapitulation
Verismo
8. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Vivace
Accessible
Ornaments
Voice
9. Lowest female singing voice.
Tessitura
Rococo
Contralto
Intermezzo
10. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Piano
Triad
Partita
Concerto
11. A short light musical drama.
Motif
Operetta
Contralto
Clavier
12. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Opera
Capriccio
Refrain
13. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Treble
Opera
Duet
Oratorio
14. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Opera
Neoclassical
Tone
Dynamics
15. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Tune
Espressivo
Rondo
16. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
String Quartet
Instrumentation
Measure
17. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Round
Rhythm
Atonal
Finale
18. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Septet
Obbligato
Scordatura
Fugue
19. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Unison
Tablature
Phrase
Duet
20. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Tonal
Virtuoso
Form
Clavier
21. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Tessitura
String Quartet
Atonal
Sequence
22. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Measure
Consonance
Refrain
Vibrato
23. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Leitmotif
Twelve-tone music
Intermezzo
Cadenza
24. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Presto
Relative pitch
Quintet
Rondo
25. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Triplet
System
Exposition
Septet
26. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Quadrille
Oratorio
Obbligato
Vibrato
27. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Oratorio
Partial
Introduction
Timbre
28. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
String Quartet
Trill
Modulation
Suite
29. To shift to another key.
Tonal
Modulation
Partial
Measure
30. The highest female voice.
Soprano
Partita
Relative pitch
Rhythm
31. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Trio
Harmony
March
Ensemble
32. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Beat
Natural
Sonata
Verismo
33. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Partita
Piano
Adagio
Twelve-tone music
34. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Fermata
Tremolo
Dynamics
Counterpoint
35. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Espressivo
Da Capo
Prelude
Beat
36. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Natural
Scordatura
Overture
Interlude
37. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Slur
Libretto
Refrain
Medley
38. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Unison
Glissando
Klangfarbenmelodie
Pastoral
39. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Stretto
Voice
Form
Libretto
40. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Ensemble
Stretto
Fourth
Tuning
41. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Forte
Contralto
Classical
Sonata form
42. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Quintet
Slur
String Quartet
Virtuoso
43. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Relative major and minor
Interlude
Orchestration
Part
44. Closing section of a movement.
Harmony
Coda
Tone
Partita
45. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Gregorian Chant
Classicism
Opera
Da Capo
46. Unmusical - without tone.
Tone less
Capriccio
Nonet
Whole note
47. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Falsetto
Chant
Form
Minor
48. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Key signature
Reed
Sequence
49. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Virtuoso
Portamento
Minuet
Madrigal
50. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Ostinato
Tempo
Triplet
Timbre
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